End-gate



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ISAAC CRIIYA "l OF lVAGGONER, ILLINOIS.

END-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,246, dated March12, 1889.

Application tiled October 6, 1888I Serial No. 287,423. (No model.)

The objeet of this invention is to provide n simple, Cheap, durable,easily-operated, and

een venient end-gate :for wagons; and it oonsists in a certain novelconstruction sind eoinbinntion ol deviees, fully described hereinafterin eonneetion with the accompanying drmvings, and speeitieallv pointedout in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view ol' a portion of awagon-body, showing f l which bear on the said flanges and ere held thein'iproved endgate arranged in position thereon. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional View of the saine. Fig. 2l is a top edge view,pnrtlyin section, of the end-gate. similar View of one of the keepers orCatches. Figz is a detail viewol' one of the trunnions.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates a portion of; awagon-body, which is provided al'- its rear end on its inner sides withthe vertieal guide-strips li B', the said strips being arranged in pairswith short intervals between them,

C represents the end-gate, which provided at its ends adjneent to thelower edge. with the laterally-extending trunnions D D, which opere-tebetween the adjacent sides of the gnidestrips B 3', and thereby pivotthe end-gate to the wagon-body. The trnnnions are arranged in positionby inserting' them between the upper ends ot' the strips, and thereforemay oe readily and qniekljv removed. The trunnions are provided withparallel ears CZ d, as Clearly shown in Fig. 5, which are disposed onopposite sides of Ithe end-gate, and are seen red thereto bythroughbolts.

E E respresent win whieh are secured to the side edges of the end-gateAsind extend forward parallel with the sides ol? the wagonloody. 'lhelower edges of the wings are perpendieular to the inner side ol theend-gate, whereby, when the letter is in ,its raised or closed posilion,the lower edges ot the wings bear on the lioor lizl ot the wagon-body,and thereby brztee it against inwnrd pressure Fig. 4 isn The upper edgesoi' the wings ere inelined downward toward their :front ends, and attheir lower angles the wingsv are provided with the flatlaterally-extending hooks F F, which are adapted to engage keepers orCatch es G G on the sides of the wagon-body when the end-gate is in itsopen or lowered position. These eatehes or keepers are arranged inoontaot with the front sides ol the strips B B in the angles formedbetween the saine and the sides ot the wagon-body, nn d they ere angularin shape and are provided with vertienlslots g g, to receive the hooksI,

The wings are further provided. at their rear edges with theinwardly-Hirn ed integral flanges H H, which lie on the iront side ofthe endgate n ear its ends, and I represents cleats tightly pressedagainst the saine by throughbolts or rivets. The inner edges ot' theseeleats are beveled, and li represents a horizontal eleat ar ange/d.along the upper front edge of the end-gate and provided with oppositelybeveled ends whieh overlap the inner beveled edges of the cleats I, andtherebjv7 firmly bind the upper ends oi' the latter in. plaee. Thismanner ol? looking the npper ends` of the cleats I I in plaee is ofadvantage, for the reason that the greatest strain Comes upon theirupper ends, and therefore, if not secured in this or an equiv-'aientmenner, thev7 nre liable to be lern olli'.

L L are elenls semlred lo the renr side of the end-gate at ils ends.

It will be readily seen l'roin the foregoing description, teken inmnneeion wiih the drawings, that when the enftgnie is in its Closed orraised position it is vertice-ily arranged bol-weon the eleats ll i',and the lower edges of the wings bear on the iloor of the wagon-body endprevent the end-gate l'rom inolining inward. To prevent the seine frominolining outward l provide a sliding bar, M, whieh engages registeringapm'tnres b and in the sides oli' the wagon and in the (cleats L L,respectively, and passes in reni' ot' the end-gate. ,Vhen the end-gateis inelined rearward, as shown in full. lines in Figs. l, and 2,l1hehooks on the wings engage the oatehes or keepers and hold the end-gatein. position to enable the eontents of the wagon to be seooped orshoveled out. The strips l IOO on the upper edge et the end-gate preventthe grain orother contents ol' the wagon troni slipping therefrom, andalso serves as a guard to prevent the feet of the person unloading` thewagon troni slipping. When it is desired to dump small grain from thewagon, the bar M is withdrawn and the gate israised slightly andinclined forward on the angles of the wings, as shown in dotted lines inFig. 2, which thus support it in the desired position. The grain thusflows out through the opening at the bottoni of the end-gate with anydesired rapidity, and 'the tlow may be stopped at any time by pressureupon the upper edge. ot' the end-gate.

It is obvious that in order lo enable the endgate to be thus inclinedforward or inward it is necessary that the lower edge ot' the wingsshould restnormally on the ioor ot' the wagonbody, or that equivalentmeans should be provided.

I am aware' that end-gates provided with triangular wings bearingagainst opposite sides of the wagon-bod y have been used heretofore, andtherefore I do not desire to claim this broadly.

'The lower edges of the improved wings, which bear on the ioor et' thewagon-body, are at right angles tothe rear edges thereof, which aresecured to the end-gate, so that when the lower edges of the wings bearon the floor of the body the end-gate is vertical..

Having thus described the invention, I claim- I. The combination, withawagon-body having guide-strips upon its inner sides, of the v end-gatehaving trunnions D iitting between the said guide-strips and provided.with .ears

d d, which pass on opposite sides of the endgate, the wings E E on theends of the said gate, provided at their front ends with hooks, and thecatches or keepers G G, secured to the sides of the wagon-body andprovided with slots adapted to be engaged bythe said hooks,substantially as speeitied.

2. The wagon-body having' the guide-strips B', combined with theend-gate provided at its ends with wings E, substantially triangular inforni, with their bases or lower edges perpendicular to the plane of theend-gate, the latter being provided further at its ends with trunnionsD, which lit and slide between the strips B', whereby the end-gate maybe inclined forward on thefront angles of the wings and elevated toseparate it at its lower edge from the bottom of the wagon-body, thehooks F at the front ends of the wings, and the keepers G, engaged bythehooks F when the endgate is tilted outward, as set forth.

3. The combination, with a wagon-body, of the end-gate pivoted betweenthe sides thereot, the win gs at the ends of the said gate provided withinturned flanges lying on the inner side thereof, the cleats I, bearingagainst the said flanges and provided with beveled inner edges, and thehorizontal cleat extending between the upper ends of the cleats I I, andprovided with beveled ends which overlap the beveled edges thereof,substantially as specified. Y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiixedmy signature in presenee ot two witnesses.

ISAAC CRUZAN.

Witnesses:

R. HUZY, CHAS. H. TIP'roN.

